You can now order a takeaway meal from Amazon Restaurants using nothing other than Alexa and your own voice. This is the latest skill Amazon has given Alexa, and it makes it much easier for Amazon Prime members to order dinner when they can’t be bothered to cook.

In you can tick all of those boxes and are feeling a little peckish, simply say, “Alexa, order from Amazon Restaurants”. Amazon’s smart home assistant will then list any meals you have previously ordered through Amazon Restaurants. Or you can specify the name of a restaurant or a cuisine type in order to narrow the field.

Jumping Through Hoops for Alexa

Letting people order food using Alexa is a great idea. OK, so there are currently some hoops to jump through, and your options are limited to meals you have previously ordered, but if you tend to order the same meals from the same restaurants time after time this shouldn’t be an issue.

“Customers now have a hands-free, hassle-free way to reorder any meal from Amazon Restaurants using their voice to get dinner on the table.”

“We are excited to leverage the innovative Alexa technology and give Prime members another easy way for Amazon Restaurants to take care of dinnertime with no menu markups and free delivery in one hour or less.”

Do you order takeout from Amazon Restaurants? Will you be ordering food using Alexa from now on? Do you think Alexa is a bit stupid at the moment? Or do you think she’s already extremely capable as a smart home assistant? Please let us know in the comments below!

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